The Ducks on Monday trimmed their roster to 22 players by assigning center Andrew Ebbett and left wing Ryan Donally to their American League affiliate, the Iowa Chops.

The 22-man active roster expected to travel for Thursday night's NHL regular-season opener against the SanJose Sharks does not include left wing Brad Larsen, who will open the season on the injured-reserve list after having undergone sports-hernia surgery Friday in Philadelphia.

Defenseman Nathan McIver, whom the Ducks obtained on waivers Saturday from the Vancouver Canucks, remained in British Columbia after having scored the overtime goal that gave the Ducks a 4-3 victory over the Canucks in Sunday night's exhibition finale.

A native of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, McIver is awaiting the completion of necessary paperwork to be employed in the United States.

With the current formation of their roster, including Larsen, the Ducks would open the season with a salary-cap figure of approximately $56.07 million. The NHL limit this season is $56.7 million.

The Ducks surrendered what will now turn out to be a seventh-round selection in the 2010 NHL entry draft for the chance to see if Swedish winger Joakim Lindstrom might develop into a top-six forward.

If that happens, it does not appear it will be with the Ducks.

The Chicago Blackhawks on Friday claimed Lindstrom on waivers, after the Ducks had attempted to pass him through in order to send him to their American League affiliate, the Iowa Chops.

Had Lindstrom appeared in 40 regular-season or 15 Stanley Cup playoff games with the Ducks this season, the Ducks would have sent their 2010 fourth-round pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets as part of a July 15 trade.

"I thought Lindstrom came in and played very well in the (training-camp) scrimmages," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said Friday. "He did some things as a skill forward. We didn't seem to get enough in the exhibition games. After that point, he was pretty ordinary. We expected more.

The Chicago Blackhawks on Friday claimed left wing Joakim Lindstrom off waivers from the Ducks.

Lindstrom, 24, came to the Ducks in an off-season trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets, but failed to earn a roster spot in training camp.

Goaltender David LeNeveu, defenseman Brennan Evans and winger Josh Green, whom the Ducks had also placed on waivers Thursday with the intent of assigning them to their American League affiliate, cleared waivers and will go to the Iowa Chops.

The Ducks announced Thursday that LeNeveu, Evans, Green, Lindstrom and wingers Drew Miller, TroyBodie and T.J. Trevelyan had been assigned to Iowa. Miller, Bodie and Trevelyan were not subject to waivers.

Twenty-seven players, including injured forwards Brad Larsen, Ryan Donally and Matt Beleskey, remain on the Ducks' training-camp roster. The NHL regular-season roster limit is 23 players, although the Ducks are more likely to carry 22 when they open the regular season on the road Thursday night against the San Jose Sharks.

The Ducks on Thursday cut their training-camp roster to 27 players, four more than the NHL regular-season maximum, with the assignment of goaltender David LeNeveu, defenseman BrennanEvans and wingers Drew Miller, Josh Green, Joakim Lindstrom, Troy Bodie and T.J. Trevelyan to their American League affiliate, the Iowa Chops.

LeNeveu, Evans, Green and Lindstrom are subject to waivers. Other NHL teams have the right to claim any of them until 9 a.m. Friday. Those who clear waivers will go to Iowa.

The moves left the Ducks with apparent clarity on defense and in goal, where incumbents Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Jonas Hiller remain. Rookie Brett Festerling appears to have won a job on a blue line that now includes only six other players, veterans Scott Niedermayer, Chris Pronger,Francois Beauchemin, Kent Huskins, Steve Montador and Ken Klee.

The Ducks are still carrying 18 forwards, including left wing Brad Larsen, who appears likely to begin the season on the injured-reserve list because of an apparently abdominal injury. In addition, Matt Beleskey, who played junior with the Belleville Bulls in the Ontario Hockey League last season, is recovering from off-season shoulder surgery, and Ryan Donally has been nursing a hip injury.

The Ducks cut their training-camp roster to 45 players Thursday by assigning seven to their American League affiliate, the Iowa Chops, and returning three to junior hockey.

Of the players remaining in camp, four are injured, including journeyman left wing Josh Green, who is sidelined by a groin problem. Left wing T.J. Trevelyan remains on the shelf because of a concussion, while left wing Ryan Donally has a hip issue. Left wing Matt Beleskey, meanwhile, continues to recover from off-season shoulder surgery.

Center Maxime Macenauer was on the ice Thursday after having been idled earlier in camp by a bruised shoulder.

The roster also includes veteran defenseman Mathieu Schneider, who remains out of camp while awaiting a trade. The Ducks are attempting to move Schneider, and his $5.625 million salary-cap hit, in order to get beneath the NHL's $56.7 million salary limit before their Oct. 9 regular-season opener against the San Jose Sharks. The Ducks are currently a shade more than $3 million above the ceiling.

Among the players assigned were defensemen Eric Regan and Stu Bickel, and left wing Eric Tangradi, each of whom appeared in Wednesday night's exhibition opener, a 6-4 victory over San Jose at Honda Center.